The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-04-30
ANSWER TO MR.. CATRON.

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:- You
be kind enough to give us room in your
paper to notice Mr.. Catron once more
and for the last time. Several weeks
since, deeming that injustice had been
done us in communication from him,
we answered it to correct the charges
he made and remove wrong impressions
from the minds of the people. In do
ing so we manifested no unfriendly
spirit toward him. We used no harsh
language, INDUCED in no severe criti-
cisms. nor was there sentence i'll it
disrespectful to him. We expressly
exonorated him from any dishonora-
BILE intentions. We went farther, and
tor his benefit as well as our own for
we wished to deal fairly with him), we
explained how and wherein he was
mistaken. But he did not appreci-
ate our forbearance, and i'll another
communication comes back at us like a
mad hornet. Now, in all kindness, we
wish to remind our belllgerent friend
of the old heathen adage, "Those
whom the gods wish to destroy they
first make mad" and hope he will be
warned in time and not become prey
to those ancient deities that may be
lowering around seeking for victims.
In his last communication he con-
fesses the error in the first and admits
that he was wrong. After he had pub
lished his erroneous statement TO the
public this was the best he could do.
If he was mistaken then may he
not be again? There is a maxim of law
that "false in one, false i'll ALL" We
have no desire to use offensive lam
guage, and will substitute wrong tor
false and say 'wrong in one wrong in
all" and we assure the reader that he
is in error in nearly all his statements.
His communication is remarkable
production and is full of errors, iriv
olous complaints, incorrect statements
and harsh criticisms that show the
animus OF the writer. He says we
are trying to rob Judges Prather,
Hord, Harrison and Lockhart of their
honors. Now where does he get this?
Certainly not from anything we said.
He must have drawn upon his imagi-
nation for it. We referred to them
but once and then only in terms OF
compliment. We said "The MEM
bers of the court during the time
we were there and for q long time be-
fore oe1e true and tuihttuL to The people
and The interests Of The county. During
the long and heated contest over the
compromise OF the bonds, the members
of the court though often under arrest
and sometimes threatened with i'm
prisonment, never wavered in their de
tense of the interests of the people"
Now who did we refer TO if not to
them. We could not have meant any
one else. They needed 10 eulogy from
us to commend them TO the people.
They had faithfully discharged the
trust reposed in them. They stood in
the breach between the county and It's
creditors and inaugurated the policy Of
compromise adopted by the people, and
are Justly entitled TO the gratitude of
the public They had their rectlerx
and EaducerS as all have had who fill
ed the position. We but carried ont
the same policy and We're faithful 10
the pledges we had made. We would
much rather add other laurels To their
brows than pluck one that justly rests
there. This is weak effort to appeal
to the prejudices of these judges and
their friends and the reader will Judge
prompted it.
Mr.. Catron institutes a comparison
between the expenses OF 1850 and
previous years. We have no ohec
ton to comparisons when fairly made
and have nothing to fear from them,
1t Is well known principle, that pnb-